09-15-2017, 12:37 PM
(09-15-2017, 11:40 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Name me 15 QBs that could have a successful season behind the worst OL in the league, with no run game and the worst OC in the league.
I'll be wrong about you not being able to do so if you can.
The NFL isn't the NBA. You can't have LeBron and a bunch of turds and still win. Just look at the Seahawks. Russell Wilson with no OL and he played like crap Week 1. But at least he doesn't have to deal with Ken Zampese as his OC.
Exactly.
I'm not falling into the trap of using a top player or QB for a scapegoat again. F that. Dalton has been an exceptional QB for us for a long time. His resume is among the best in Bengals history, and he hasn't always had top shelf weapons like people claim. #2 WR has been a constant shuffle, with guys like Simpson, Binns, LaFell, Sanu, etc. Run game has been a steady stream of shit. Gresham was average as a receiver. Eifert is always hurt.
The weapons were solid considering we had AJ, but so was Dalton's performance. He's playing like shit right now, but when a good player falls off, I tend to wonder why, rather than just pretend that player has been a turd all along. People did this revisionist history BS with Chad, too. Suddenly he went from playful hero and universally loved, to a pure cancer that was always the reason the team underachieved. It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.
Aim your anger where it belongs, people.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
